Sweet Justice; When Auditors Become Auditees

Some may call it sweet justice, but chances are your ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification body (CB) finally knows what it's like to be on the other side of a management system audit while upgrading to a new standard - or soon will.

September marks the deadline for all accredited CBs to transition to ISO/IEC 17021 as a condition of maintaining their accreditation to issue ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certificates. In the case of those firms accredited by ANAB, two thirds, or about 50 firms, had yet to complete their transitions as of press time.